Tom Crider | The Sun Magazine

Tom Crider

Tom Crider is a writer living in Southbury, Connecticut.

— From June 1996
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Losing Gretchen

Had I known she was so large and that her leaving would create this cavernous emptiness, I would have fallen to my knees each morning and worshiped her. I would have strewn flowers at her feet, and I would have cherished every smile, every glance from her eyes, every word from her lips.

June 1996
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